“I do NOT sell a business opportunity!
That’s why I am free to reveal the secrets of
becoming a home-based travel agent
WITHOUT spending a fortune.”

Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.
Branford, CT

Dear Home-Based Entrepreneur,

Hi, my name is Kelly Monaghan. If you’ve found your way to this page you are busily researching the ins and outs of becoming a home-based travel agent. Good for you! Because there’s a lot of information out there. Some of it good. Some of it misleading. Some of it misguided. And some of it just plain lousy. It makes me angry and frustrated.

I’m angry because despite the fact that home-based travel agents are the fastest growing segment (the only growing segment, in fact) of the travel distribution system . . . despite the fact that the profession has reached new heights of professionalism . . . there are still a lot of sleazy come-ons out there.

Since you’re doing your research, you’ve probably seen them, too.

I’m also frustrated because I know that thousands of folks just like you are making good money working in the travel industry as home-based travel agents.

You can, too. It’s easy. They’re doing it honestly, ethically, and legally and so can you.

They’re making real money, too. Even part-time you can earn as much as $500 (or more) on every sale. That’s not pocket change, that’s a serious commission.

Full-timers are supporting themselves and their families. A lot of them are seeing more of the world than they every dreamed of seeing before. And a few of them are making very good money indeed, over $50,000 a year.

Maybe you’d like to join them. If so, you might have been tempted to respond to one of those come-ons I just mentioned. If you did, don’t feel too bad because I know information is hard to come by. It’s especially hard to get reliable, unbiased information about this very exciting opportunity.

It’s full of wonderful ideas . . . Like a bible for those just starting out in the business.

Ernestine FeeSeminars at Sea

Let me help. I have spent the last fifteen years discovering the secrets to becoming fabulously successful as a home-based travel agent. When I first started publishing information about the home-based travel agency concept, I took a lot of flak from some old-fashioned, “traditional” travel agents. But I was clearly on to something. Now even the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) recognizes that home-based travel agents are the wave of the future. And listen to this, many colleges that teach the travel agency business are using my materials to educate the growing numbers of home-based agents. Shouldn’t you have the same winning resources that the big guys are using?

That kind of recognition has been personally gratifying, but there’s still much to be done to educate the public about the opportunities offered by the home-based travel revolution. I have designed this site to help you decide if becoming a home-based travel agent is for you (it’s not for everyone!) and to familiarize you with the many benefits of my completely updated and redesigned home study course.

And because my course is delivered electronically as well as in print, you are literally minutes away from having complete and unrestricted access to the entire seven-module course!

My course has been designed to teach you what you need to know to:

• Navigate through the confusion (not to mention the outright disinformation) that has grown up around the home-based travel agent area.
• Choose wisely from the scores of competing offers out there.
• Design your business to meet your needs (as opposed to letting someone else tell you what’s best for them and then hoping it’ll be good for you, too).
• Get started on a shoestring and “test the waters.”
• Negotiate a contract with a “host agency.”
• Understand the nature of your relationship with your host agency.
• Earn the highest commissions possible.
• Get the travel industry discounts and benefits to which you are entitled.
• Take tax-deductible cruises while you learn the business.
• Receive FREE training from industry experts.

My course even shows you how to avoid host agencies altogether (if you wish) and set up your very own independent travel agency, with its very own “IATA number” (a unique industry identifier).

There’s a lot more to learn, of course. In fact, this list barely scratches the surface.

I just wanted to express how incredibly grateful I am to have purchased your home study course. I purchased your books approximately one year ago. At that time, I was getting into the travel business merely as a hobby.

One year later, I earned my IATAN card and now have a profitable business with extra valuable benefits. I owe a tremendous amount of gratitude to your program. I believe your course is the best education one can receive as a home-based travel agent!

Thank you!!!I have already referred your program to others that are interested in the business. I can’t speak highly enough of your materials! Thank you for producing not only a valuable resource, but an affordable one too!

Anne Hovey – Great Rate Travel

Here Is the Vital Knowledge You Need To Have . . . and that I provide in my home study course:

About setting up your business

1. The absolute minimum amount of money you need to get started. I bet you’ll be surprised at how little it turns out to be.
2. Two different ways of hooking up with a host agency. And how to determine which is best for you.
3. The three basic types of home-based travel agent opportunities. And why one of them costs so darn much. And why you still might want to consider it.
4. Five good reasons to ally yourself with a local agency. And three reasons you might not want to.
5. Six good reasons to pay a fee to become an outside agent. And six equally good reasons you might not want to.
6. What to understand about how host agencies split their commissions with their outside agents — and how much money you can lose if you don’t.
7. How to become an outside agent — instantly — no questions asked, and still get one of the highest commission splits in the industry. Without paying a fee!
8. Why most referral agents lose money. And what the successful ones do to make a killing.
9. What host agency “rules” you can safely ignore, and why.
10. The vital importance of a contract and the crucial wording that must be in a contract before you agree to sign it.
11. How to pass the IRS’s rigorous “sniff test.” (It’s easy if you know how.)
12. How to save months of effort in searching for a host agency. (I’ve done all the tedious leg work for you.)
13. Quickly identify the host agencies that charge the lowest fees and offer the highest commissions. (Once again, I’ve done the hard work for you.)
14. The truth about insurance and why some travel agents believe you just don’t need it.
15. What you need to know about the tax benefits (yes, benefits!) of being a home-based travel agent.
16. How to take legal tax deductions for things you never imagined could be deductions before.
17. The crucial importance of defining your travel business and the many different ways to go about it.
18. Which industry associations you should join and why.
19. How to bypass host agencies altogether and become completely independent.

On Thursday, February 23, I purchased your manual and can honestly state it was the smartest move and best bargain I have encountered in my six years as a part-time agent. I understand more fully the concepts involved, can make better bookings, and have a definite game plan for retirement. Thank you. It should be mandatory for every part-time agent.

Terri Austin International Tours of NortheastPhiladelphia, PA

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